Europe
From experience to action (6/6)
Testimonial
America
Europe
Access to legal rights
Justice
Social ties
The prison system deprives and marginalises, but resignation does not prevail. Relatives take action and demand justice to build a system respectful of human rights.
Europe
Access to legal rights
Justice
Mental health
United Kingdom
The family of a Gloucestershire man who has been in prison for 16 years after initially being given a two-and-a-half year sentence are appealing to parliament for his release.
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Justice
Overcrowding
Ireland
Data on the accommodation of people on remand in prison, shows that 84 unconvicted men in Cork were sharing cells with convicted ones on one day last month.
Europe
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
A quarter of people leaving Norwich prison earlier this year were released homeless, according to a watchdog’s report.
Nordic prisons, human prisons?
Interview
Europe
Material conditions
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Nordic prison systems are often held up as models of respect for human rights and rehabilitation. Is this really the case, or do they mainly benefit from an idealised image? Answers.
Europe
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
An incarcerated man died from the effects of drugs the day after he was released from prison with no accommodation to go to, a report found.
Europe
Justice
Facilities
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Portugal
In the report accompanying the proposed State Budget for 2026 (OE2026), submitted to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, the Ministry of Justice (MJ) sets a target of a 5% increase in prison spaces compared to the previous year.
Europe
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Ireland
Data provided to the department by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) shows that there have been 269 drug seizures in Cork Prison since 2020.
Europe
Mental health
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Rehabilitation
Ireland
The number of people sleeping on prison floors has surged amid a deepening overcrowding crisis. 504 incarcerated people were sleeping on the floors of jails on mattresses because no beds were available.
Europe
Drugs
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Violence
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
About 25% of incarcerated men released from a jail in a county find themselves homeless, according to a report.
Europe
Drugs
Overcrowding
Social ties
United Kingdom
Incarcerated people at a troubled jail in Nottinghamshire have repeatedly been held in their cells “due to staffing levels”, new figures have shown.
Crises
Asia
Europe
Violence
Georgia
A member of the Georgian opposition party, Gela Khasaia, has been placed in pre-trial detention on charges of intentional acts of violence. He reported degrading treatment during detention, while his supporters were forcibly removed from the court building during his hearing.
Crises
Europe
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Belgium
Staff and management at all Belgian prisons will protest against overcrowding in front of prison buildings. “The prison crisis is unprecedented, and prisons are crying out for help,” said the prison administration.
United Kingdom: women's prison in South Gloucestershire has "worst rate of violence against staff"
News
Women
Europe
Mental health
Violence
United Kingdom
HMP Eastwood Park has the worst rate of violence against staff of any women’s prison in the country, a new report has found. Officials visited the prison in South Gloucestershire for a surprise inspection in June and July, with attacks on staff raised as one area of concern.
Hostile territory
Analysis
Inside Outside
Africa
Crises
North America
South America
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Prison Insider, represented by Clara Grisot, contributed twelve compositions to the book InsideOutside to articulate, in a few words, the current challenges of prison life. Tenth piece: the climate challenge.
Europe
Drugs
Overcrowding
Violence
United Kingdom
A report has said staffing levels at a prison are having a negative impact on incarcerated people welfare and progression.